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Patented Aug. 30, I898.

W. P. STEDMAN.

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(Application filed Jan. 22, 1898.)

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LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,917, dated August30, 1898.

Application filed anuary 22, 1898. Serial No. 667,538. on model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD P. STEDMAN, of Bristol, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Lamps; and I do hereby declare the following tobe afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has for its object to provide a lamp of such a constructionthat the lampburner may be held without vremoving the wick from the bodyof the lamp or taking off the lamp-chimney while the same is beingfilled.

It is known, presumably to everybody, that oil for fillin g the ordinarylamp is usually contained in a can having a long nozzle on one side anda handle on the other, and it is ordinarily provided with a bail.

The object of my invention is the production of a lamp-body soconstructed that the same may be filled without removing the burner andwick from the lamp entirely and without the necessity on the part of themanipularor to hold the burner with one hand and the filling-can withthe other, and to pro duce such a lamp without requiring the addition ofany parts or any material increase in cost.

My invention consists in the details in construction of a lamp which arehereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersmarked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same lettersdesignating the same parts or features wherever they occur.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of one formof.embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section,illustrating one form of embodi-l ment of my invention.

In the accompanying drawings the letter A designates the body of thelamp, which may be of any suitable or convenient size or form and may beconstructed of any suitable or desired material.

0 represents the burner. (Represented in course adapted to screw intothe collar B,

usually made of brass, in the ordinary way.

B in Fig. 2 represents the wick, partly in dotted lines.

D is the shaft, and E the button by which the wick is raised or loweredin the ordinary way.

The above-described features are those ordinarily found in a lamp. Inmaking the body portion or well of the lamp I construct the shell insuch a way as to form either pockets F F, as illustrated in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, or an annular space F, extending entirely around the lamp,as illustrated in Fig. 2.

Vhether one construction or the other is followed is merely a matter ofconvenience in the matter of manufacturing, as it is obvious that eitherone will conform equally well to the requirements of my invention. Thesepockets or annular openings are preferably constructed at such a placein the shell as that the base or lower floor, so to speak, may extendoutwardly somewhat farther than the upper, as is shown clearly in thedrawings. The openings should be of sufficient depth and of sufficientaltitude to permit the ready insertion of the disk or button E. I havenot thought it necessary to illustrate any chimney or globe as beingattached to the lamp, because the use of such parts of the lamp are wellknown. The use of my improved lamp now becomes perfectly wellunderstood. WVhen the user desires to fill the lamp, the burner isunscrewed without there being need to detach the wick or that any partofthe person or any article come in contact therewith, and the same isguarded by simply slipping the button into the pocket or annular spaceprovided for its reception. The user then has both hands free tomanipulate the oil-can and watch the filling, so as to avoid overfillingor spilling the oil. lVhen filled, the burner is again screwed into themouth of the orifice of the collar B.

It will be seen thata lamp can be made after this description'withoutthe addition of any parts or increase in expense and that it will thenbe a Very convenient and desirable one to use.

I do not intend to prescribe any particular material of which toconstruct lamps to embody my invention nor to prescribe any particularform or configuration which they must assume. The annular opening F, forexample, need not be deep, as shown in Fig. 2, and the annular openingsor pockets may be constructed either in the shell of the well or in thecollar. There may be other immaterial variations in constructions.

Having fully described my invention, What I desire to claim and secureby Letters Patent is 1. A lamp constructed as to its body part withmeans to receive the button attached to the shaft of the burner When theburner has been detached from the lamp so as to hold

